Adult Oriented Rock is the smooth sound that came out of the USA and became the soundtrack to millions of lives all over the world – a sound defined by timeless anthems such as Boston's More Than A Feeling, Journey's Don't Stop Believin', Survivor's Eye Of The Tiger and Toto's Africa, and by monumental power ballads, none bigger than Foreigner's global smash I Want To Know What Love Is. In this feature, Classic Rock celebrates the very best of AOR, from the golden age of the 70s and 80s.
Here we present The 50 Greatest AOR Albums Of All Time. Included are some of the biggest-selling records in the history of rock. We also dig deep, going beyond the hits and the household names to shine a light on the cult classics and lost heroes from this golden age. In AOR, as in life, there are winners and losers; for every fairy tale, a thousand hard-luck stories.
